Frame for leather bags



J. E. GATES.

'FRAME FOR LEATHERBAGS. APPLICATION FILED 1AN'.21.1921. 1, 0 Patented Mar. 14,1922.

2 SHFETS-SHEET l.

' IN VEN TOR.

al /m 8 Gafe I BY ATTONEX l. E. GATES.

FRAME FOR LEATHER BAGS.

I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27. 1921. 1,409,371,

R r H. m E 9 N N 1T. E6 M in b T 4H .ma .T a A Rn a: Mm n d2 4 m a w Y m B UNITED STA TEE JOHN E. GATES, or noonnsrna, ivnwfvoiani '4 FRAMEFOR LEATHER BAGS;

To all whom it may concem;

Be it known that I, JOHN E. GATES, a cit-izen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and" useful Improvements in Framesfor Leather Bags, of which the following isa specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved form of construction of a metal frame for traveling bags, etc.

Another object of this invention is to provide a new'method for covering the metal frame of a traveling bag, etc., and fastening it to the bag proper.

These and other objects of this invention? will be fully illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification and pointed out in the'claims at the end thereof.

Inthe accompanying drawing:

"Fig.- 1 is a perspective view of the blank from which one side of the r metal'frame for the-top'of the bag is formed. I

Fig. 2 is .a' perspective view of the blank from which the other side of the metal frame is formed;-'- J.

Fig. 3 is-a perspective view of theleather blank for covering both sides of the metal frame. w a

Fig. 4 is a perspectivevie'w of the leather blankzofFig. 3 and the blank for oneside,

braces around which eachihalf of the frame is formed and then fastened thereto.

Fig. 7 is anperspective view of a p ortion of the traveling bag showing the" frame, leather-coverings and braces assembled and connectedto the bag, the parts being broken away in section.

In the several figures of the drawings, like reference numerals indicatelike parts.

In themaking of traveling bags, asit is practiced at the present time, the metal frame which encircles the top "of the bag proper, is covered with leather after the frame is bent and is then sewed thereon by hand and the bag proper is then sewed to'the covering of the metal frame by hand. Thisis a very expensive operation in the making of traveling bagsbecause of the fact that i in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

' 'Specification'of Iettersfatent. li?ate'iitedhlar. 345119 22 Application filed January 27, Serial K61 140363. i

necessarily be;

the metal frame and the covering of'it has 7 been simplified so thatlthe bagproper can be easily fastened thereto by machine. This increasest-he speed with which a bag'of this kind canbe made and improves theappearance of: the finished product.

. As shown in the'i-accompanying drawings,

the metal frame'is made up 'of a pairgof' metal strips-1"and-2, each ofwhich fm'ms onehalf of the frame. *Thestrip 1 isa'boiit 'one half: the width of the'strip 2 and base 1 pair of slots 3 and a formed nearthe: top edge thereof, into which the latch of-the bag is adapted to'engage. :The "middle of the strip-1*is'slightly. cut out'to permitthe mounting of the lock for thebag tliereon.

At each end-,the strip l h'asan earro :fo'rmed thereon, which is perforated to receive the pivot pin, with 5 which the "halves -of the frame vare fasteneditogether. I'Ihe metal hold the frame togetherin the middle;

- Each of the'strips land 2 lis provided with a series of lugs6,-'6 and 7 7.. -These lugs are strip 2hasits endsw-roundediand: also. perfo ratedto receiveathe" same pivot pins which 3 integral with the metal strips and are bent;

so as to'projectzat' right anglesnto the strip and be located on'the inside of the frame after it is bent into the desired shape. .Each

of the lugs is perforated so that the reinforcingstrip or brace-8 can be: securely fastened thereto. Butjbefor'ethi'sis doneythe metal strip is covered withlleather, which is done, usinga leatherstripv which has pre- .viouslyI been cut to the. desired size andperforated at intervals corresponding to theintcrvals at which the lugs .6. and'Z-Z: are formed on the metal strips 1 and.'2i -.1Each ofthe thereof througl'r the perforations in the leather strip andfthen folding the 'leath er;v strip overthe top ofthe metal strip and .down on the'other side thereofgaas indicated After the metal. strips have been covered in the manner above described, the reinforc ing strip or brace 8 is fastened to the 1ns1de meta-l strips is covered bypassing the lugs 1 I the brace is then rivetedto the lugs on the metal strip, which hasbeen formed around it so that the covered metal strip will permanently retain this bent form.

In covering each of'the metal'stri-ps 1 and 2, the ears at the ends thereof are. left exposed and after being bent into the rectangular form as above described, a pair of these frames are then fastened together by suitable pivot pins that pass through the perforations in the ears of the metal frame. A complete frame is thus formed,which is hinged in the middle at each endso that it can befoldedfupito' allow'the narrower metal strip to telescope into the wider strip.

.The' frame, after being covered and formed in; the manner above described, is

then ready to; have the bag, pro-per fastened thereto. This is doneb-ysewing'the upper edge of the bag to the outside of thecover-.

ing of-each of the metalstripsbelow t-he'line where thebrace 8 isriVetedthere-to. The stitching togetherof the covering strip and theiupper end of the bag is done by machine andtlie stitches pas's through the bag proper near the top edgeand both the outer-and inner end ofthe covering strip of the metal strips 1 and2; TheI covering of the metal strips is thus not only held in place by the lugs 6. and? but is also held: thereon by sewingg-together thefree ends at the, bottom of the metal strips; The double thickness of the covering strip to which-'the' bagproper is being sewed in turn gives thebag a strong support on the frame as-"well-asneat lookin joint-betweenthe franie'and the-bag, 1

claimiy '1. In a metali'frame for handlba s, etc, the combination of apair of metalstrips, a leather strip folded'over: each ofsaid metal strips, means'on said metal strips to hold said leather strip in place thereon, and means to lock said leather strip-in place on said first 'named'means'. I

2. In a metal framefor hand bags, etc, the combination ofa pair of metal strips, a leather 'strip folded-over the topof each of said metal strips,- means provided integral with said metal stripsto engage said leather strip amtli-hold-it-in' place on said metal strips, a second means attached to'sai-d first means to pi'revent'the removal of said leather stripfrOm said metal strip, the free ends of said leatherstripbeingadapted to be sewed to the bag p'roperbelow said metal'strips.

3. In a metal frame for hand bags, etc., thebomb-ination of'a pair oflmetal strips, a

leather covering for each of said strips, lugs on said metal strips adaptedto engage 'into suit-able perforations in said leather combination of a metal strip, lugs provided at the lower edge of said metal strip and projecting out from said metal strip, a leather strip having perforations provided therein corresponding to the number and spacing of said lugs, said lugs adapted to engage into, the perforations of said leather I strip, said leather strip being adapted to be foldedgover the top of saidmetal strip, a bracing strip fastened to said lugs, said .metal strip. being bent around said bracing strip, said bracing stripbeing adapted to hold said metal strip in a predetermined form and vreinforce said metal strip.

In a frame for hand bags,etc ,ithe combination of'a pair ofmetal strips, lugs provided on the under side'of said metal strips,

earshavin erforations therein formed at eachend of'said' metal strips, 'azleather strip having: perforations therein-for each of said metal strips, said lugs on said metalstrips being adapted to engage into-the perforations in saidleatherstr1ps;.sa1d:leatherrstrips being; adapted to be folded a, over the top of each of said metal" strips to-coverbotlrsides thereof; with the ears formedat each end of said metal strips" exposed," aibracing strip fastened to said lugs outside of said: leather strips to reinforce eachr of said metal strips and hold them in a predetermined"form, a pivot pin adapted to pass through aapair 'of' oppositely:located" earseon' said. metal strips to make each of 'said* leathei" covered strips swing on -the other-ofsaid strips;

, 61,111 ainetalframefor handbags, etc., the? combination ofa pair 'OfD IOtRlSlSI'IPS,

lugs bentcu'p atthe bottom of eachof'said 2 strips and projecting from; it: at right angles thereto, a leather :strip l-iavingperforations therein adapted to 1 fold over said metal strips with: said lugs-1 proj acting: through the per forations-insa'id-sleather: strips, a strip fastened to the ends, of said, lugs to fasten said leather-strip to said metalustrip and said lugs formed thereon. 7 y

In testimony whereof. I atfi r'my-sign ature.

- Jens GATES, 

